Phrase guide
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A bullet that is shot by an unseen assailant or one that cannot be seen or heard when it is shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
A bullet that cannot be found or that is untraceable through ballistic testing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
An imaginary bullet.
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noun
A supernatural bullet that wounds or kills a person, especially one that is shot by a supernatural assailant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, fantasy, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
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noun
A bullet that can hurt a ghost or undead creature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
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noun
Something nonphysical (such as words, actions, or memory) that causes physical or emotional damage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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History
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